The Archangel struck down by lightning
1946
Bronze
D.2004-2-1
Allocated by the Musée national d’Art moderne in 2004
H. 36 – W. 68 – D. 35 cm
En 1945, shortly after the death of the poet, a « Max Jacob committee » was formed in order to build a monument in his honour at his birthplace. Henri Laurens imagines a stone stele in the form of a menhir, with a full sized cross fixed to the rear. He
The Archangel struck down by lightning
1946
Bronze
D.2004-2-1
Allocated by the Musée national d’Art moderne in 2004
H. 36 – W. 68 – D. 35 cm
En 1945, shortly after the death of the poet, a « Max Jacob committee » was formed in order to build a monument in his honour at his birthplace. Henri Laurens imagines a stone stele in the form of a menhir, with a full sized cross fixed to the rear. He